= ACT ONE AT HOME Andante con moto (d-=6s) a ¢ 2 , Scene One (tu-a:smalt sucay|clesrog tn the forest stends fhe-caric cottage of Peter Ge Gieourtaben i betcarstra heats sod chiesays Nasey eve tla aad ches Hansel sits Finished and half-finished brooms bang from the walls and cei ticks, twine, etc. near the door making brooms, surrounded by @ clutter of twigs, Opposite bim Gretel is seated busily knitting a stocking.) Gretel. Su zy, Ut-de Su- 2y, now lis-ten with care dz .the geese are run-ning bare-foot; they've no shoes to wear! enough, but mo pat-tern to set ‘That's the vey fcontinues) [2] \/ | ~ tea-sonte geese have no Hansel (incerrupting ber) Why not letthem gobare-foor? a ai Hansel. Goo-sey.goo-sey gan-der, it's time to bee Tm emp-ty and hoklow.whatmorecan say? o fen, re af TF Gretel interupting bin) B- 0 ‘That'll make you fee feather and 111 float a Huai rees soos wate Now Mo-ther is late and Twon-der whats =hongrytime al-waysseemsso Gretel. Have ritard. «tempo Bread! Life's not worth liv = tag; wish I were dead! : rilard @ tempo long! For weeks I've eat- en on - ly Te, you for - got-ten the words Fa-ther ritert. then the Lord will sre, = ve lef tsa Ob. yes, butnot in the mood, For in-stead of speech-es, I'd like some food! ape wish how 1 with youd find a teat! An-y-thing, if it'sgood to fe poco vitard. « feat! Ege and ba-con ahd all the eit, That'swhat I'd real-ly like the- ritapd, =) keep still? Say, Gretel, 1 wish ar wt tWith allofyourcomplaimsi've had my fill. And — why—cawftyousmile? ¥ . mw. £ Allegretto con moto. SD (Grabbing one of the brooms, she chases bim.) ile! Grum-pi- ty face, you're a dis-grace! Wot, You're an old sil-ly, daf -fy down dilly! Never explaining, al-wayscom-plaining!yi Grouchy! How I seow-ling a {On with you, gone with you, gibtnchy eid pest! Gum -pi = ty. face Hansol_ (grabbing the broom sith Gretel.) Geum-pi- ty Ste - you're a dis-grace. Tf you are hon - gry ty not toalow itt hun = gry. help but show it! When 1am - 2 When youate an- gry. why do Iknow it? Grumpy. grou-chy, you.will ad-mit an-gry, you al-ways Knowit! I'm so grum-py giou-chy, I—willad-mitMumebling and grum-bling.they dow:-help a bit! 1 am right, youre not brigh ‘Mum-bling and grum-bling,they dou'help a bitt 'm not bright, you are Why dort you quit? AML right! And i right, 1 quit ae Bi tempo primo. @- > now that you'vestopd com-plain-ing, 1 think I will wl you a most de - light ful Wiad. r—=|s——Tp Bsa Hansel. a3 2S Ss se-cret, ‘And just how de = light-ful? Will it be good to By, cu. A o Ay, pee | SS | Se J Se |20 Gratel. (bringing « pitcher of milk from the cupboard) (Hansel obeys) eat? 1 know where there's a treat First close your eyes. ry a cee a. mL. —— = Now o-pen wide and see all the lovely fresh n. a. = When Mo - ther comes, she'll make some-thing PL uw nice, hope it’s. @ pud-ding of | milk and rice, Hansel /ovening bis eyes) ilk ahd lee!Hansel That's the best i - dea you haveliad! This emp - ty sto-mach’s ob, (looking inside the pitcher) dri-ving me mad. TH bet you that cream’s really thick, Let's pw (sampling the cream with bis finger) lifting the pitcher to bis lips) taste itt Oh, my! It's good! T don't inetend to bi MAGE fe ro a ¢ stop itt Have you no shame? "Hands off this(fo) (She goes back t0 her knitting) {nestant, or youtakethe blame! Now,hur-ry and findsh yourwork, it's late! Theresnomore time, so please don't walt! If Mo-ther comes and our work is-n't on rt |? eLe cmt eo — SS 7— Tempo come prima it Hansel (sulking) done, well, you know, that will end tT dorit cate, a.sways the same Hassel (sxlking -, JGretel (springing up excitedly) Dane - ing? Thar Let's both try ft now, loud and ringing. Then, we'll Sa Let's sing @ song, one that's keep time anddancetoour sing - ing! x. ¢—a (T3) Allegretto con moto.(¢=100) (Gretel dences a simple step.) nm SID a (Hansel besitates) Hansel ‘ime to spare! Twould like to That is one thing I can't do!a For First yourfoot you x, P up, tap, tap,now youneed rot be so thy. AT TD EDIE at Shake your head with EF pfftap,snap. ff One foot here, one foot there Shakemyhead witha Ss eee whrh? ip. flip, flap. Make my fin-gers go snap, snap,snap, One foot here, P(a) 2 Grote. ‘one foot there, ‘Round _no time to sparet Now you have ‘a - no-ther chance, seh ‘And thistimewith me you dance. Armin arm,we go to~ ge-ther, Just like two birds es i wy 4 ae = (Linking ams, they dances) of a feather Come! Hansel. This real-ly ‘This real ly is my far vite kind of fun! I just love tw dance!28 { is my fa-virite kind of fun,I'@ like an- 0-1 fh & Solet’spre-tend we've on = ly wish we'd on ly just be-gun.I'd Ike an- o-ther chance! _Pre- tendwe've on- ly * cn rer just be-gun. rT? ‘This fs lots of | funt —___ around, she pushes him aw Tra,laf 1a, 1a, 1a, 1 lafree as air, with - Uke a mil-lion-aire! like a mil-lion-atre! i i TPah it fi wn, Deat Hanesell Tra, la, 1a, Trae, la, a, Tra,le,la, Tra,le, 1a, 12,fa,Trala, Tra,la, 1a, Tra, Ie, i string: la, Tea, la.la, Tra,la, la Jala, la, Tada, 1a, Tra,ta,la, Tra i Pe. (They lose their balance,and tumble laughing to the floor) Tra,le,1a, Tra, la, 1a, Tra la, la.Tra,la, 1a, Tra, laa, Tra, Tra, ta, 1a, Tra,la.ta, Tra, (26)a4 Allegro, ‘The Mother. sel! Gi ie {springing up) Gheirotherstonds tee. 1s Mother! She bas retumed emtty~ springing up) Allegro. ‘The Mother. (angrily) Te i ae primo. ‘That Hansel, Hinsel. she made me, ‘Tempo primo. = Pv \Mother (putting down ber basket and closing the door) Must I Keep scold -ing for - ev - er? ——- We | ing? What is thispran-cing?) Why arestt you worksing in- | the way you re- stead of that dan- cing? rallent. yout_mo ~ ther? ‘Arent you a= shamed, a sis -ter and bro- ———— > ie inaias bp, FOP, raltent. =—— anot Hntshed bis broom (seeing that Hansel has not f = seal! Ra "5 unfinished stocking) (looking at Gretel’s unl a you've on- DT fe.(Pet the table, knocking over the pitcher of milk.) ng ber stick she chases them around Now look, you'll ne-ver (BO) (AU three watch unba Lee) spreads out in a bo there goes the milk! (30) es 87 ly as the milk toe floor, earl (Hansel tastes the milk ‘and giggles delightedly.)fen yourmem- ber this;don' come —— [BB] (Se chases the children out the door, and stands watching es they disappear into the wood,40 (turning back into the room) do they alwaysmakeme an and then wasting that milk when we're hun - gryat ‘Our cup-board {s emp - ty (Our ecl-lar is bare! A> 0b. vhlhg Te- mains bere _bur_ grief. x a A UN | Ki Wi @ (Resting ber bead on ber arms, she goes to sleep.) Dest Lord please Yell?‘Tral,la, la, tra, la, la, aaa 36 (Coming into vie jew outside the cotiage,rear - y: toll ~ ing for his dai - ly erese,— rit, ___——_Tempo. re 1, 1a, a, 1a, 1 el = pay, a, bread; Fron ha, ‘Tha > . ae =™~ [BU] raking « bottle from bis knapsack, be drinks.) as ri good square meal, But | Bsa, rit Tempo. & there's no-thing much that one can do, When sto-machand purse areemp- ty ni Tempo 7 7% 1p = have some home-made br‘bow much tay! out the floor, Sausage, (tte gaily empties bis huepsack aad the remainin egetables po tumbling ab ad accelerant fall this cost - ing?38 4 ily st (Starting Teor know out Msc orth. Theyre saab whey Ss Un poco pid animato. _———— z(indicating the empty cupboard) ‘one thing more you'll miss! Father, byes! is gone, my angrily) Oe tae at's. ernaught Have those scablynags been up to ~ay Mother, = ‘ui-stnce with thelr prankeing! Promise me youll give tem each 2 spagke ing! TT eee eee T was so up ~ setychaed themout the58 52] pit animato. aa (laughing beartily) Toor iu animato. oe feel 10 ad, ha sha ba oha ia Tes et Ha Sat ThatU-fen-steint first_one we've (curtly) BP. Low Theyhavegonetothe ‘You must be in-sane! xime now forthem to be home &- 56 0 an 54]Un poco ritenuto. in anguish)" Please, Cod, pro-tecithem from sma Et Poco ritenuto, dimin_ | poco rilen. Py ‘confused by Waar Tach a Tate! Why, oh why have T come so = a Come prima. lace ls _enrctanied by pell, re ome prima. “ ime pra a tengo 1. Mea prized) The © vilbnes? Who ate whey? (significantly) ‘ail_the e-vil ones dwell! The " aia tempo I. z i 3 We II Et Mt LAE IE[55] Un poco ritenuto. gob-bling witentsd Uu poco Poth Tell me, I don't un-der-stand you! (sinking down anxiously) ‘The gob-bling witches? “SSD et fae wast fusing the broom to illustrate bis words) ‘The broomstick, the broomstick, they ‘a-crom the ditches, the hob-bling,gob-blingeats all day, in a scrum ching, crun - ching, munch ing way vy in-to her den, with temp-ting sweets of 1, dolee Baa, (53) Un poco pit animato. vileeye, and plays[Opening the door to the stove, he throws in a log to illustrate.) poot Ut-te tot inthe o-ven made hot, with fl - re bright rei ee ee baled in-to bread! her ma - gic! sa : a poco ritenuto, 2 animato. .. We a tempo Mother. ‘What be-comes of the chil-dren? 2 tempo(Taking ber shawl, she rushes out the door.) Tothe witches? Dear Lond? eiphr om Fed eg Gio 4 serves them for sup-per! To the witches oat chibdren!Now come we must go! (calling after ber) “Wait! Mother, Mo-thet! zt ite gab the bite and 60 rushes off after ber, A # Goos on to the “Witches’ Bide”IN THE FOREST am Scene Two (Deep in the forest at the rear of the stage is the “Ilenstein” surrounded by thick pine woods. At one side on a mossy bank under a huge tree sits Gretel making a wreath of flowers. Nearby is a nosegay, Hansel is busily picking strawberries. The last rays of the afternoon sun filters through the trees.) 68] Molto tranquillo(d «ca Gretel aes Now once up-on & Jone, there was a it~ We man stand~ing lke Tell me, if you rit > alempo Think you can, who's that fon-ay lit-tleman;stand-ing like a sta-tue in the wood 2 rit. ra tempo He wears a lit - tle |lerowas a lit tle , Ssre oa a all basket of berries) = bbe SSS shed the etraw- ber-ties. Now let's bel We Gretgh/sorinzine up) Ming to piace it on bis bead) Lock! How nice it fs, I've Hansel uring ad Og = ty sis -slesNgar things ike that!poco riten. please eggflear them poco riten [TEI Tempo icreet sctects the Mg, ove and seagllsit eprovtagly. She offers sone tia a strawberries tgflansel. They sit down b pil p Tavis ‘Echoing. she belps berzel! to Grotel 5 another strawberry) (imitating the sound ined Ee Cuc-koo, cuc-koo, How are you? ‘Cuc+kbo, cuckoo, Where at Cuckoo instrument (backstage as if in the distance78 Hansel (stopping ber and tating Now lets pre-tend we've cuc-koos,too; and act the same asthey all dot ee ee You Gretel (taking several) Hingel mg another) HY a few! GALE Pleas 1uc-Koo, one of two! i SaaS p ODP = Bsa, hy eee a. } Bi 31957Gretel (continuing) = rene, (He takes the basket) cig Me cucckbot! - Sa = — ike yur ere eS zhing several) se 7 ust a few! 31957(They quarrel over the basket Aznse! erate ss and empties it quickly Pocda\poco animato. 80 Cuckoo, eve-koo! Poco a poco animato. ———— jato bis mouth.) Gretel (scolding bin) Han el Ob, whathi a ae fé fae fit =F done? Good Hea- vers! Youhave eat - __enthemall, ev - 7 one Pig gy! Just_walt ‘timo - ther hears! 31957ves it quickly 14 at Meno mosso/sb« does s0) She will scold you, both your ears! Hanseliefensively Well ‘Meno mossoaz Tn poco ritemuto. Pin mosso. what are wet "Well ney-er find more ber-iles heTet | Un poco ritenuto. jit mosso. Ke ob a do? Ol work is-n't done, it’s get_- ting so late, Now Morn — er will scold and that'swhast hatet Hansel (siaztled) wearer than ae. Whats tattound inthe breeze”Gre - tel!" ear that!) “Have you lot— y aie Steet Solo Violts = oS = ir Ti] (raking Grete! by the hand, Hansel starts off, stands ———— perplexed, tries another direction, stops again and turns nerecusly to her) Hansel Gre tel,oe vistia. ae , on shoulder) Sandman Arias Moderato. (30), ‘Sandman (gently cossing sand over the children) When nightcomestoft-iy creep - ing. ne e BS ef ‘chil - drenshould be cag we PP (con sardino) |¥ Sweet dreams for peace-ful —. bet! sleep - ing. Sheh! I bringthemwithout oum ‘slum = ber, Shhl Then near each t= ny bed, Tstand "to a —————___ i PP pee ae a= ent -ty that seat > ter all gic sand, So— a ee * tossing the sandsoon you're offs to slum-ber land, and n youre offee to stoes dreams bring with ma-gic sand, In i PU Bi Hansel (y2.nip¢) Gretel/sieedily) Time now for bed! Af-ter our everningprayris — sal@— (They sink to their knees and fold their hands in prayer) i eerie | Pate, alow Ser onidien be opt ¥ (a vistesso snk a . a | Gretel. mezza voce os | Now I lay me down to sleep, Pray.deerLotd, my soul to keep. = ase == peso | j ret == ete — ! Lord, I pray, through the night til break of day, Angels here be ‘eo Lord, T pray, through the night til bredxof day. Anegels here be =* cd mn — eveer uear to guide me, Bless, OlLordour Mo - ther, Facther Sis- ter, sempre ide me, eveernear to guide me, lew, Lord, ou Mo - ten ma ahaa ie poco rit ‘Bro ther. _ Bless all those who heed thy call in thiswholeworld,DearLord, bless us oe Facther, in-ter, Bro - ther. Allwio heed thy call, Dear Lagdasbleys us . Sano (94) Tempo. (They sink back on'the moss,arm in arn, Hansel covers Gretel with bis jacket,98 of stairs in the middle of the stage Con espressione. a a Fi ar anon ai DREAM PANTOMINE Poco a poco piitaninato brighter and brighter, jou 0. first pair at their bead, the their lefts The fifth aySeene One 1038 (The setting is as in the previous scene. Dawn is breaking. The angels and tbe stairs bave dis- appeared, but the background remains shrouded im mist which slowly clears during the following scene, The Dewfaity enters and shakes “dros” of dew on the sleeping children from a bluebell.) get i atees Dow - Fai Tm wide a-wake eachpt 1 spread the tor sy light of dawn Un = til the shades of 4 ue eet eee aS a aN 113 ight ere gone, And_send the birds a wing - ing, To. ill the alt with bed pd ing. So come; wake up and meet the day. With smiles ang laughter Shakes dew jrom bluebellWhile you may,be - fore-the hours. all. ly. a- way,ior soon. cs SSS 9 itenuto oh Wstime 1 heed andgreetthislove-ly day. am (She burries away.) the my u. night will be call aaa108 Un poco pitt lento. Gretel (Sitting up, rubbing ber eyes, she looks around. Hansel is ssill sleeping.) & Wetve slept here ih the wood all night? % 2 saprsice P viky Sounds of the x fo-rest fill morm-ing air with riag - ing, es oe ayodlidwa Kens to greet the = sun, The m1. Se wake — that’s just_be = gun, dT oa ee frtend-ly words:— birds stay to So,come, you lit-tle birds, — 107 meet the day— 2 —= hear my 0b,s08 Tei steno ecoderente Con moto moderato.(Jeu2) Just look, at that old 1a - sy Han-selt (tickling bim to rouse bin) Ti-te-li-te-H, now rise and shine! Ws akmowt nine, come on! For ume IsTietesli-tesli, Ti-tecli-re-li, thre-live-ti, t-re-li-re-Hi, 2 2 2 2 tie © age pig wd oe iteliet, tere -1,____thtelivesifre pps ties SSS a-a ; | Hansel /eaping up suddenly) zt ovwhat the aed, rush? — tete-li-re- li-Fe-li, i dot ‘Koo ker=re - hoo! a daa aa ores "the dawa is irs ume for | Wete-lere-ti-re-li-d, 5 ‘Cock-a-doo-dle- Thad 7,‘the dawn is doot (00 -herre ~ koo!. Fada oe ae ec — See Cock-#-doo-dle- oe. ‘and_I_ know why! Ldlept fo well here un - der the shyt it may seem, Thad a most fan-tas- tle 2 de) ad va(122) Hansel (trying to recall) te, showstrange, 1 did, aa SS aoe ee Gretel.(in tionderment) T dreamt that T heard = gels rom TR ¥ 3 tr wr ia re ts ’ om — eeswere ting = ing. Clouds 0 ver saat a COOL Me Rat v > fsirange, I did, heard a ara Sa gels from Tight, thenguickely drift ware Twas en a an # real - ly dream-ing, ° all _drewed_in_ blue, ‘float eddowa_two by two fans TTY — by YY ee SSS “reg? SSS ie * ga 7 8 om e | with wings of sbin-ing gold won il be = boldScene Two gers {At thje moment the last oft Whestuupiins peyenaas = 1 the ids tof a mint inex Were dbeigeews cl Paexienen elved as kents ha ginger: a a buge cage. Both are connected to the house by a fence of gingerbread men.) Animato, (4: 60) Stay there! Don't movet oh, Ge > tel! T dare not look a- sy aySS pears the ginger. oven, to tbe right S55 fags tar * red R wit Took a ay 115, (excitedly) “more! we nev = ef seen such = ae Windy, [126] Un poco pit: tranquillo. tole [eon molto ssione Phe begs aad / (enchanted by what she sees) Gretel ‘The smells are so tempting withaa (27) ing spicet: ‘4 towe that is made like tus Hansel. The roof is all cov - ef'@with Tur-Kish delight. | And is made wpa -Kigwhth fidst-ing Of white, Abd dl-so the pep- er-mint Tight, and win- dows with ffost- ing of white, the pep - er-mint a Ob. :(approaching the bouse) 417 real gin - get al gin - ger Turkish de- te, now you tle, now you 0b. mage of i You __prip-cess who dwells made Of ee ————— your. princess who dwells= be some to tun > By a ak. bun - gry sad atk fora share, 7 cL have lost our way, pet = have lot ue way, per - 3 = &129) 119 We've lost pes we'd ke to stayl ee wart : sel {listening carefully) Well! I'm go- ing ‘There's not 2 sound, No-thing { stt-1y Happ.135) Listesso tempo. (. A voice from the house: at the sound, fel (timidly) The wind fe mutt Reser eing bu not convinced (36) Gretel (vicking uo yp 428, ble mea = sey, who's b-bling xm Hansel Did you hear thet? be the wind. ee ial Friece and tasting it) Hansel Give me somet(Both shrug indi be voice from the house: the wind, fs om ~ Wy the wind! n . : a. maeey 1 =, PS a LT¢ jrom the wall.) Sp (HED) cea tech ereh eo eel wb ge xe) Scat! You gob-bl-ing mous ~ ey.’Cause I'm the catfromthe hous - ey! EH, gob-bleing. % y Penpressivo Hansel (turning away from her) Don't be 2 1 please! Ob. = iB rise fe Ff a (The witch enters fom the gingerbread Povo a poco stringendo. fuse and cautiously creeps up bebind the children.) Hansel Gretel Dear "Mists Wind,” Les not have a fight! a,128 ‘Allegro non assai. Hansel hal Ler go! Who are you ‘The Witch (grabbing Hansel by the right arm) he he, he be he he! _Allegro non assai, pp _—Tou gob bing Co —————— Poco ritenuto. (drawing them to ber and examining them through ber spectacles, mow - sles? Youve come for a a — ie(They nod in confusion.) Pit animato. | Hansel fe 142 (Kicking ber in the shins) Tempo come prima, The Witch. <> mkt ling do that! Let me gol don't you diswhat makes you act___ this wiadinie =~ fue | le (sbaking Gretel's band) MynameisRo-l-na Dainty -mouth,~ dotee’ Zto meek and ve - ry mild n gen- tle hilar That's why all the Gren to me ate s0 sweet, ee A,ate so sweet (smacking ber lips 145] Pit eat animato. Hiiusel Yeough! _Whydorft youlet_ wt &- lone? vie ‘ my “dud el ee The Witeh.cockling harshly to herself) 131132 Allegro non troppo. (asides alancing at tense!) {eyeing Greve! (Objnowl am long-ingtotamplethis cas-ty bite! 4nd you, I'l (146 Un poco pit, tranquillo. (10 Gretel) Come lit tle mou sey, come, see my how ~ sey! FI. & Come,ler's not be sus = pi-cious, I'll give yousoi roe to133 ea (dolce) eyeing Gretal) 5 Thave sugar peppermint,choclate drops, Tur-kish de-light.and lolly pops, mosten-tic-ing, wait = ing: I'm sure youwill finé they are quite_ cap - tl- va~ 0b. iling them tclear! 137 (very loudly) (153) ‘The Witch. What'sthis sur prise 2 -wait- ing us here? my dear chil-dren, your cars and eyes, Es Hansel. will dis-ap-pear withthis ove-lysut-priset No! Don’t youbother with my ears tor eyes! on, a nomat-ter what she may saya8 (The stage darkens. A magic wand suddenh [rozen ta the spot as she h Change and there is now ni £.. TEA (Grabbing hands the children run toward the side.) She's witch? appears in the witch's band, The children remain jalds the wand above them threateningiy. Her whole aspect seems to race of her former [riendliness.) ‘The Witeh. a 5 he a —— we (Gypactising titi Ee ae of bor won el. bee bush), Eenee.Meenee,Mynee Moh? make It worse!4 155. children remain —s aspect seems to . ; = ‘oo a poco pit animato. SS Ho- cus po-ews do- mi Youmust watch thema-gic : ad 4 2 move I'll i who moves Pit tranguillo, finairnce) [56] {motioning to toward tbe bag. stick, while your sight snd__thick! Comenow, Han-eloff1 Be quick! =f eo “|e140 marlus To-cus,ho-kus pos kus! espressico pe Die BDF (She shuts the cage with Hansel inside. podusl (The stage lighter dg 151) Molto tranquillo.(158) Ce) Un pe 0 pit animato. On; ® norerid witch! stay wide a - andwatch her well; Then tell me bow sheworksher spel ——__ nf Be cate-ful, here she (ESOP HA animato.croe wited enters again with a large birthday che,are~iul, here she orese, “SS= b enters again with birthday cake = (160) — oe Tho Witoh. (to Hansel Molto ritenuto. 1 Eat, Han-sel, t “Sa Pit animato. ier youmust nyt You must eat till you 1 a ir. ——, Th P ‘Dl to Gretel and uking the spell Gd) tien ose, ELSE ye Fr (con sordino) pirWake up and move a-gain v, .|P andsprightiy, Come,my dat-Ling Come,my pet. Nowthe ta ble 4 the knife, then the fork va 5 i i ' t : : Now the cup andthe plate, hur-ry_ up, is getting late!Molto pit lento. (looking at Hansel, who pretends to be asleep)$50 _(4s sbe claps ber bonds «broom suddenly appers, she Wyadgs T6D}L'istesso tempo (.\=\ 7 “se Suddenly awe a St My __oldbvoomstickyoumustbe quick the ti am ) iy ro ( atTiA\ is nigh abd wemustflyt “2 ic ger? ° ; (galloping bere and there) (70) i Becca oe 1 weave a spell sonone cantell, im 2 i aaeigus og af (Again she rides back and forth, Gretel_pecks froma bak here and there and ev - ‘ty-where! G7) window of the bouse.) At stroke oftwelve and not bychance.1 got the witcheesdancet ees > = = Vp 9-9 |el_pocks froma witch-esdancet witeh-es' brew of snakes and snails and spi ~der's tails; and frogs_and rats ob. (rides up t0 door of the bouse big_black bats; and Uiz-ard's blood; it's aw- fly good! 2 —2"- fy x aS tums back to Hansel) Now don't go ‘way. "cause I'l be back! FWitch. _aazzcuhicb at ber command brings her to pelABA (Hansel thrusts a small stick through the bars of the cuge. Witch. My re als te, The Witeh (eau) (ree agpern at tSYtene) (BO) | Gre-tell Gre-tel! wp aThe Witch. - ans Hans, be quick! just 2 few, — dottmake him 181 Gretel. Here are the rais- inst J Bsn. a P While the Witch feeds Hansel some raisins ‘ (Greist spies the magic wand where the Witch 1B we pas left itand picks it up.) Gretel Horeus pom, _El- den buh 4 “PP Obey {siralay gatektymGratal abe tiles sig seed The Witeh ‘bebied ber) bro. € ‘mag-icspellis Whats a yout say, sll-ly goose? mea PP "f156 lGrotel ‘The Witcn. Gretel ‘The Witch. _ (poking a raisin in Gretelts mouth) Tope this mates you fat! ae. ie intr. Pry, youmust try’ ‘Youmust eat till you 0b, sb 10 the oven, Meanwhile Gretel opens the cage door)(The soell bas been broken by 157 Leamtwalt any long-ert Come Gre-tel, sweet, it is time to eat! inal, nos {moving toward the oven) 186 Cometale & bk at my baking, vw, a, sn the doot, pet, therebroom for more yet; take a look in- slde,158 (Gretel hesitates) Binsel (slipping out of the cage W's nice and wide! Now take care nt, Gretel (co the Wises) she’s right Therebao use 10 It lsimichico igh; shove right y . espressivo The Witch. ‘Stand up on tip- toe, bend-ing yourhead low. 188 110 th te it inact (cing BE,, ccatnt aah prieatne a Say a-way! is all_po use, I'm such a gooset5 out of the cage) 159 189 2, Wait just a min- ure! me how toget PP A how imdone, —ir'slots_of fun! we Ae SOAS : nf Bsa. 7p (The Wited opens the door and leans inside, The children quickly shove her into the oven, Hansel slams the door.)tershes all cooked and done tetths all cookedandone Un poco meno mosso.(d AA peso ‘broke the charm, witch-es charm, brokethecharm, witch-es charm, a aie Yousee the witchis dead — Yousee the witchis dead — 0 meno mosso.(d - ») wot thar be fua! wort that be fun! The Witch Valse. 5, s:4601,) Gretel. a Hansel." - yt =) we'tesafe from harm, Were tree Were.free, Te really dead! We've.nomoreto dead! real-ly dead? We'venomore to dread! Wegreat to It'egreat 10 ae oderay! Iagreat to ce le-brate; ce le-brate: bright and gay,leth sing ard dance all day, bright and gay, lets sing and dance all day, hs ae a. Hur - rah, Hor - 1a S nor he- asi = taiel Yar let nor he-si~ tatel ‘Yer! let's be tempo —S [PEA - 4 oh ae | PNT ci mares ? ; Row the old witch is done, well have ali kinds of funt now the old witeh {8 done, wellhave al kinds of funt fe -Eoiet 8 = Tor- ray? Bip bur - ray? Bip bur ~ hor ray? Hip bur - ray? ip bur =cteamen: Looe? Ginger children! ee They must nave Bean undiir tre spelt!" poe rete Garbo yn” — SSS SSS Gingerbread Children./motionless with closed eyes) Altos (oye) A Molto tranquillo. 6 = #0, Str. (con aordin) PP. a Weare treet Please tell mewhy your eyes areclosed.Imusthelp you! Oh,186 201) Yell mle what to Forte ell to ye ete ‘ats 40 atte, ple Hansel mult. cies , Sa them at WA Hou_ib-gib woe Coucbing the face of thnearest cild, who opens Gretel. Gis oye$ and ation T now release this ma- gly once, and make themwell!Sf Hiknsel. (Holding up th Witch's wand) der-busht 2 glcapell {s brorkent Whoosht oa176 Bl oe ? ‘ {crying loudly | anhiiieaianinsisniaiabsiisicinisiniacinineiinanie |, =. (00/8 Io) (The cites place tbe Wile in the mide of the stage.) CAM! hag) "Loot Mote And Falter rai food yditinin 209 ‘Father. Now yousee the fin ished plot, how thewlok-ed witch wascaugin, 0b. 2 now she% dead; tuned in-lo a Ginrying loudly be sigh seeaught + ished plot, how _thewick-ed witch was caught! Lot Bead! Heav - en has a ‘et Poco a poco pitt + hand to lend: ‘wick ed deeds must have an end? rilen. te <== == S we can-not bear our grtef, ‘thenthe Lord will sure _- lysend re - left Yes,178 ‘ooming forward to the audience) 2 when we can-not bear ourgrief, __then the Lord will send te - as in = Wind. PP 2 211)Maestoso. Piugilargando. A (All come forward to the audience.) molto Pe Gretel. When we canenot bear our grief, then the Lord will Hansel. When we cannot bear our grief, then the Lord will Mother. Miuaye caren) Elem er thea the Lord wil — Father. z 2 Then the Lord will —<{== When we _canenot bear our _ grief, > then the Lord will eee Lord will when _we ot bear ole the _Maestos Pit allargando. P(The curtain falls as the children dance ad antl Grote and be Faibers” 17? (212) and mother.) Molto vivace. (J~t20) "te = left te- left te ~ lief re - lief re - lief! Sr ta amttaaas (dace) a